Golf bag



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ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 2, 1940 tibli'iED STWE@ @itiiilll oo-LF BAG HarryD. Gihon, III, Trenton, N. J.

Application February 17, 1937, Serial No. 126,175

1 Claim. v (Cl. 15o- 1.5)

This invention relates to containers and has for an object theimprovement in the manner of construction ofthe bottoms of containers.

This invention has for an object the construe.-

5 tion of an inexpensive and improved bottom member for golf bags, sothat a maximum of strength may be obtained with a minimum of operativesteps in the manufacture thereof.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which oneembodiment of the golf bag bottom is shown and in which like referencecharacters refer tolike parts.

In the drawing: v

Fig. 1 shows in cross section the golf bag bottom,

Fig. 2 shows in plan the insert used in Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 shows a modified form of insert.

In the process of making this golf bag bottom, the insert to be used isfirst selected as `to shape and size. For instance, as shown in Figs.

1 and 2, a circular insert l may be chosen. This insert t maybe of wood,metal, fibre, or of any suitable composition material, and is beveled asshown at 5. Then by meansof suitable adhesive material, a covering 6 ofsuitable material such as leather or fibre, is pasted to the bottom sideof the insert and is shaped around the beveled part of the insert withedges extending above the toppart of the insert. In a similar manner asuitable covering is secured tothe top of the insert with edges ofthecoveringextending beyond the edges of the top of the insert. The eX-tending edges of the top and bottom coverings lie adjacent each other asshown in Fig. 1.

Next the member 8, which may be of bre or leather and which may becovered as shown at 9 thel case of fibre, is sewn at its lower edge tothe upstanding edges of the coverings 5 and 40 i by means of the linesof stitching shown at iii and ii. At the beginning of this operation themember E3 is rectangular in shape and as the sewing progresses assumesthe circular shape of the insert. The sewing continues as shown tofasten together the overlapping edges I2 and I3 of the member t. Thereis but the one sew` ing operationA in which the member 8 is fastened tothe upstanding edges of the insert coverings and in which the edges I2and I3 are sewed to each other by the continuing stitches of the linesof sewing used in coverings 6 and 1.

It will be obvious that other means, such as rivets etc., which whilenot as desirable as sewing, may be used to fasten the member 8 to thecoverings -S and 'I and the edges I2 and I3 together. If, as pointedout, there is a single continuous sewing operation, then an inspectionof the article would show .the stitches fastening together the edges i2and I3 to be in continuation of the lines of stitches It and II, thusshowing, 5 from an inspection of the article the steps in themanufacture thereof, including that the overlapping edges I 2 and I3werel joined together after the member 8 was fastened to the coveringsEi and i. I-Iovvever, if rivets are used as the 10 fastening medium, orif a non-continuous sewing operation is used, that is, after the memberi is sewed to the coverings I3 and l, the thread is broken 'and a newand separate seam used to join the edges I2 and I3, then an inspectionof 15 the finished product would not disclose whether the member ii wassecured to the coverings 6 and 'i before or after the edges I2 and I3were joined together. The applicant considers it essential to thepractice of his invention that the 20 first step be that of joining themember 8 to the coverings 5 and "I as in that way there is alwayspositive assurance that the finished ring of the member t will fittightly around the coverings t and l. The completed bottom may then befastened to a conventional member shown in dotted lines at i IIS andcomprising the upstanding part of any golf bag. The fastening may be bysewing or by other means. 30

To the underside of the finished golf bag bottom may be secured theconventional protecting buttons iii by means of rivets or the like. Anyof the conventional protecting means, such as the L shaped metal cornersmay also be added 35 to the bag bottom, preferably at the overlapping ofthe edges i2 and I3.

As shown at i6 any shape of insert may be used in the manufacture of thebottom. In Fig. 3 is shown an insert of elliptical outline and this 40lends itself to the process of manufacture herein disclosed, as readilyas does the circular insert. Obviously with any shape insert, the edgesthereof may be beveled or not as desired. With a shape of insert otherthan circular, there is no 45.

change in the member 8 at all, the only requirement being that it belong enough to go around the insert and overlap on itself. The insertsrshown in plan in Figs. 2 and 3 are on a smaller member fastened theretoand extending beyond the outline thereof, the extended portions of saidcovering extending upwardly perpendicularly to the plane of said insertmember, a hollow cylindrical member of relatively rigid material havingoverlapping Vertical edges, flexible covering for the outside surface ofsaid cylindrical member from the uppermost to the lowermost edgesthereof, said cylindrical member having its entire surface substantiallyperpendicular to the plane of said insert member and having itslowermost edge extending straight down past the upstancling edges ofsaid insert member covering so that the lower portion of the insidesurface of said covered cylindrical member tightly engages and surroundsthe outside portions of the upstanding edges of said insert membercdvering, a line of stitching passing through the out--l side face ofsaid outside covering and sewing together the lower portion of saidcylindrical member, the covering therefor and the upstanding edges ofsaid insert member covering, and a line of stitching in continuation ofsaid first named line of stitching sewing together the overlappingvertical edges of said cylindrical member, the upper portion of saidcylindrical member being open and being adapted to receive interiorlythereof the lower end of a tubular golf bag casing, the said mentionedlines of stitching being Visible from theoutside of said golf bag bottomunit.

HARRY D; GIHON, III.

